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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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From: taillet@lapphp8.in2p3.fr ()
This is my transcription of 'Blue Valentines' by Tom Waits, on
the album 'Blue Valentine' ( actually one of the songs that hooked me
to Tom Waits !).
It is note-for-note for the intro and the first verse ( first
80 seconds of the song on the album). Then there are some slight
variations I didn't want to tab.
As the rhythm of this song is not very regular, I didn't try to
match the words on the notes(I think it wouldn't make sense with
such a song). Though, the first note of each 'measure' should be
played together with the word that is just below it.
The complete lyrics are included in the album so I didn't write them all.
Title : Blue Valentines
Author : Tom Waits
Album : Blue Valentine (1978)
Intro
-----
/------------ twice ----------------\
| |
||--12----|-------------|---------------12--|-----------------|
||--10----|--------7----|---------------10--|--------7-----7--|
||--10----|--------7----|---------------10--|--------7-----7--|
||--0-----|-----6-------|-------------------|-----6-----6-----|
||--------|--0----------|-------------------|--0--------------|
||--------|-------------|--~~~~10---10------|-----------------|
(long slide)
1st Verse
---------
She sends me...
/----------- three times -------------\
| |
|-------5---6--|-----------------------|
|-------6---6--|---------------7---7---|
|-----5---5----|---------------7---7---|
|--------------|------------6----6-----|
|--5-----------|-----------------------|
|--------------|---------0-------------|
blue valen-tines
a-way from phila-delphia
to mark the anni-versary
/--------------------------- three times ---------------------------\
| |
|--------------|------------------|--------5-----5--|------------------|
|-------5---5--|---------5----5---|--------6-----6--|-----------7---7--|
|-------5---5--|---------6----6---|--------5--5-----|-----------7---7--|
|-----5---5----|------5----5------|-----------------|--------6----6----|
|--0-----------|---0--------------|-~~5--5----------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-----------------|------0-----------|
of someone that I used to be and it feels like there's a warrant out
of my arrest, got me checkin' in my rear view-
mirror and i'm always on the run
|--------------|---------------------|
|-------5---5--|------------5----5---|
|-------5---5--|------------6----6---|
|-----5---5----|---------5----5------|
|--0-----------|------0--------------|
|--------------|---------------------|
that's why I changed my name and I
|----------------|-------|-----------------------|-------|
|-------7-----7--|-------|--------------7-----7--|-------|
|-------8-----8--|--bis--|--------------7-----7--|--bis--|
|----7-----7-----|-------|-----------6-----6-----|-------|
|----------------|-------|-----------------------|-------|
|--7-------------|-------|---------0-------------|-------|
didn't think you'd ever find me here -> goto beginning
Tabbed by :
Richard Taillet
LAPP(Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules)
Chemin de Bellevue, BP 110
74941 Annecy-le-Vieux
FRANCE